How to Install PHP Soap in CentOS 7

Overview

SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is a lightweight, XML-based protocol for exchanging structured information between distributed applications over native web protocols, such as HTTP. It’s used by popular applications such as Magento and SalesForce to allow integration and exchange of information with other external services.

This isn’t installed by default and the PHP libraries aren’t part of the standard CentOS packages. To install on your VPS, simply follow the instructions below.